The Constitutional Court has adopted a decision to terminate proceedings in the case No. 2010-64-01 “On Compliance of Section 16 (1) (4) of the Personal Identification Documents Law with the First and the Second Sentence of Article 98 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. The first sentence of Article 98 of the Satversme […]
The Fourth Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Para 1 of the Transitional Provisions of the Law on the Social Protection of the Participants of the Chernobyl Nuclear Clean-up and Persons Suffered as a Result of the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Station Accident with Article 91 of the Satversme of […]
The Constitutional Court has adopted a judgment in the case No. 2010-69-01 “On Compliance of Para 6 and 7 of Transitional Provisions of the Law on Protection of Employees in Case of Insolvency of Employer with Article 1 and Article 91 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Article 1 of the Satversme strengthens […]
The Constitutional Court has adopted a judgment in the case No. 2010-67-01 “On Compliance of Section 51 Paragraph 13 Indent 1 of the Latvian Penalty Execution Code with Article 107 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Article 107 of the Satversme provides: “Every employed person has the right to receive, for work done, […]
Today, on 3 June, election of a Vice-President of the Constitutional Court took place, and a justice Aija Branta was unanimously elected the Vice-President. The election was organized due to the fact that on 22 May of this year the former Vice-President Viktors Skudra died unexpectedly. Ms. Aija Branta has been a judge of the […]
Yesterday, on May 22, a justice of the Constitutional Court, a Vice-President of the Constitutional Court Mr. Viktors Skudra who was the first Minister of Justice of the re-established Republic of Latvia has gone beyond the veil unexpectedly. Mr. Viktors Skudra was born on 10 July 1943 in Latgale, in Mākoņkalna parish. In 1973, he […]
The Constitutional Court has adopted a judgment in the case No. 2010-70-01 “On Compliance of Section 14 (2) and (3) of the Law “On Enterprise Income Tax” with Article 91 and Article 105 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia” Article 91 of the Satversme establishes equality of all persons before the law and […]
The Constitutional Court has adopted a judgment in the case No. 2010-55-0106 “On Compliance of Section 7 (5) of the Investigatory Operations Law with Article 96 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia, Article 13 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, as well a compliance of the […]
The First Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Sub-programme 23.00.00 of the Law “On the State Budget 2011” with Article 1 of the Satversme of the Republic of Latvia”. Article 1 of the Satversme provides that Latvia is an independent and democratic republic. The Applicants, namely members of the […]
The Second Panel of the Constitutional Court has initiated a case “On Compliance of Section 3 (7), Section 4 (2) and Section 16 (1), (2) and (3), insofar as they apply to judges (land registry judges) and public prosecutors, Section 4 (9), Section 6.1, Section 6.2, the First Sentence of Section 14 (1), Section 15 […]
